And just to bring that point home, OS X fans believe OS X's share of the market is rising because Mac sales are rising. One does not lead to the other.
But people installing dozens of Linux distributions and finally returning to Windows or Mac OS X does?
Not that almost any PCs come with PS2 keyboard/mouse any more, but since most vendors color code all their cables, its really just a matter of either not being color/tone blind (and also being able to match colors)
Well, matching colors on the back of your computer below the desk isn't quite that easy.
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Believe it or not, I value responsiveness, consistency, and day-to-day usability over polish.
So do I, that's why I use Mac OS X over Windows. You already mentioned home & end keys - yet forgot to mention the inconsistencies in their use. Not to mention the "close a window" key-commands.
The increase would only be significant to Earth's climate if it has been going on for a century or more, said study leader Richard Willson, a Columbia University researcher also affiliated with NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
Oooh, the "Open Source is safe from exploits" smugness sure is much more becoming. Why, never could OS software carry exploitable bugs in it for ages with only black hats finding them.
You forgot to mention that the reason why all this happened was that "somehow" Apple code (from Quicktime) showed up in Microsoft products (parts of Video for Windows) - code, not just ideas.
Ah, but if both the PC and Mac were locked-down single-manufacturer platforms, than another, more open platform would appear. Do you really think all those clever little Koreans would just sit on their arses and make nothing but MS-PC (for want of a better name) bits? You'd probably find something heavily Motorola-based would beast up the market. I still wish it would...
Don't pretend the openness didn't come by accident. IBM wanted the PC to be closed, but unlike Apple they fucked up - partly because they thought nobody would want to clone a PC, and even if they did, they couldn't just copy the ever so valuable IBM-BASIC in the ROM.
Remember that IBM called the PC an "open architecture" because they used of the shelf parts, not because they wanted people to clone it.
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Or do you mean the rock band?
How old is "older"? I haven't updated QT in Months - are you saying you have chosen to skip on a couple of security updates?
Hey, better than with growing tobacco.
IOW, you are wrong.
Too bad that doing it the "right way" hardly changes a thing.
Even longer ago I learned the Sun had eight planets, then came the Liberals and invented Pluto. Damned Liberal Media defending that myth!
Oooh, the "Open Source is safe from exploits" smugness sure is much more becoming. Why, never could OS software carry exploitable bugs in it for ages with only black hats finding them.
He probably says: "Thanks for pointing at the buggy driver that allows the exploit."
Well, he did say "last quarter".
That must have been the alien life.
Hell, they could always do a "Ted Striker", and tell the whole airplane their life story.
In an interview with German magazine, c't BIOS-programmer David Bradley said that IBM exected to sell exactly 241,683 PC in the first 5 years.
The story was posted a few minutes before sunrise here (Germany).
You forgot to mention that the reason why all this happened was that "somehow" Apple code (from Quicktime) showed up in Microsoft products (parts of Video for Windows) - code, not just ideas.
Another post from the future. Not to mention that you think that somebody would want to install Windows Anything on a Mac - or a Dell for that matter.
To sum up: A Dell is cheaper than a Mac because you don't have to buy a Dell.
Sure, IBM dominated the market - but for how long? Now who still makes PCs?
Enter MSX.
Remember that IBM called the PC an "open architecture" because they used of the shelf parts, not because they wanted people to clone it.